a team of forensic nurses is brought in to take samples which will be sent to a lab for analysis. and the reason we were called in was because it s a suspicious death. it s not known at this point what the cause of death was. you re done? okay. cool. thanks. all autopsies begin with an external exam. as michelle and christina clean off the body, dr. spitz takes note of any physical injuries. all right. let s roll him this way and then roll him the other way and we shall soon start. holy cow. mr. krueger s blood alcohol could be a key factor in determining how he died. so michelle draws blood for toxicology testing. well, a dry, dark red, almost black abrasion. a lot of it could be post mortem.
sunday is a day of rest for most people in macomb county, michigan. but the dead don t discriminate week days from weekends. by 8:00 a.m., all the key players begin arriving at the macomb county medical examiner s office. this is a 24/7 operation holidays, weekends, it doesn t really matter. sometimes the days that other people aren t working are our busy days. the medical examiner dr. daniel spitz is about to perform an autopsy on charles krueger jr., the man found naked with his head crashed through a wall. dr. spitz s two assistants, michelle waters and christina
sunday is a day of rest for most people in macomb county, michigan. but the dead don t discriminate week days from weekends. by 8:00 a.m., all the key players begin arriving at the macomb county medical examiner s office. this is a 24/7 operation holidays, weekends, it doesn t really matter. sometimes the days that other people aren t working are our busy days. the medical examiner dr. daniel spitz is about to perform an autopsy on charles krueger jr., the man found naked with his head crashed through a wall. dr. spitz s two assistants, michelle waters and christina heisler, prepare the autopsy room and mr. krueger.
michelle removes excess blood from the skull bone to uncover any hidden wounds. and the extent of charles krueger s head trauma quickly becomes apparent. oh, look at this. he s got a fracture. yep. just take your side and i ll take a scalpel to it. we have a fracture here i want to just scrape off. see if we can see how far it goes. it goes all over the place, comes here and branches that way, that way. the extensive skull fractures prove one thing. krueger hit his head hard. the question we still have is what internal injuries is he going to have as a result of that. what injuries are going to involve the brain, the bleeding over the brain like a subdural hemorrhage and then the real question is, do these injuries
one undercover detective asks us not to reveal his face. do you have the rope? yes. take a picture of it so we can correlate it with the ligature mark. quite an elaborate knot on the rope he prepared. left what could be a suicide note but not really. stating what he s planning on doing. just rambling about the family. i ve got a copy. okay. we take a copy for our file. with the external exams completed, dr. spitz is now ready to move on to the internal exams. as he s about to start on jill moore, his other assistant arrives, michelle waters. hello. hello. the internal exam is making a y incision across the body, opening the chest, opening the